Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday tweeted an appeal to farmers in various languages to read agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar’s letter to them on the new farm laws, a clear acknowledgement that the protests were gaining traction outside the Punjab-Haryana belt.
Till now, the government’s messaging has largely been in Hindi and Punjabi. Even the written offer of amendments to the three laws, sent to the Sanyukta Kisan Morcha last week, was in Hindi and Punjabi.
Saturday’s tweets went out in all the southern languages too, apart from Bengali, Gujarati and Odia, reflecting the growing footprints of the agitation that has already witnessed participation from Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan in the siege of Delhi’s borders.
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Farmers protest Highlights: Centre invites unions for talks again, asks them to fix date according to their convenience
Farmers’ protest Highlights: Centre invites unions for talks again, asks them to fix date according to their convenience
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Arhtiyas in Punjab began their four-day strike against income tax raids, which they allege were conducted to intimidate them for supporting the farmers stir against the Centre s agriculture laws.
Farmers’ Protest Highlights
: The Centre on Sunday sent out an invite to the farmers’ unions for join discussion with the government again and asked them to fix the date of the meeting at Vigyan Bhavan according to their convenience. Meanwhile, protesting farmers have announced that they will organise a day-long relay hunger strike Monday and block all toll collection on the national hig